diff --git a/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-container.tsx b/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-container.tsx
index 0f2b10fce..30c6fa144 100644
--- a/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-container.tsx
+++ b/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-container.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
 import * as Schema from '@vegaprotocol/types';
 import { truncateByChars } from '@vegaprotocol/utils';
 import { t } from '@vegaprotocol/i18n';
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export const TransferContainer = ({ assetId }: { assetId?: string }) => {
   const accounts = data
     ? data.filter((account) => ALLOWED_ACCOUNTS.includes(account.type))
     : [];
+  const sortedAccounts = sortBy(accounts, (a) => a.asset.symbol.toLowerCase());
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ export const TransferContainer = ({ assetId }: { assetId?: string }) => {
         feeFactor={params.transfer_fee_factor}
         minQuantumMultiple={params.transfer_minTransferQuantumMultiple}
         submitTransfer={transfer}
-        accounts={accounts}
+        accounts={sortedAccounts}
       />
     </>
   );
diff --git a/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-form.tsx b/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-form.tsx
index 8f8dc37d2..6b7a3a98b 100644
--- a/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-form.tsx
+++ b/libs/accounts/src/lib/transfer-form.tsx
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export const TransferForm = ({
         ...account.asset,
         balance: addDecimal(account.balance, account.asset.decimals),
       })),
-    'name'
+    (a) => a.symbol.toLowerCase()
   );
 
   const selectedPubKey = watch('toVegaKey');